OPERATING MECHANISM MAINLY FOR WAGGONS WITH MOVABLE SIDE WALL OR TOP

摘要

The hand lever (4) for operating the mechanism has a rotation axis (12) extending at an angle with respect to the horizontal, which is equal to or greater than 90 degrees-arctane (h1/(l1 + l2)). The hand lever has a rear edge oriented towards one of the car end walls, which is displaced in an outwards direction from the buffer engagement plane by a distance (r1) to maintain a safety distance (16) from the lever. Operating mechanism where h1 is the height of the shunting handle (17) above a left end step (18) of a corner column in the car length direction, l1 is the distance from the middle shunting handle grip surface to the intersection point of the hand lever rotation axis with the buffer engagement plane or outside of a car end wall (3), and l2 is the distance from the middle hand lever grip surface to the previously mentioned intersection point.